All Authors: Jared O'Leary, MD and Jay N. Patel, MD.
All Structural Clinical Practice
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Dec 16th 2020
Valve-in-Valve TAVR: Snare Crossing Technique
66-year-old female with a history of bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic aneurysm s/p 23mm Magna bioprosthetic valve replacement and ascending aortoplasty presented with symptomatic severe prosthetic aortic valve stenosis. She was moderate risk for surgery and suitable candidate for TAVR. Valve-in-valve TAVR procedure was complicated by inability of the valve system to traverse bioprosthetic aortic valve due to a dilated and horizontal ascending aorta and interference between the two prostheses, despite various manipulations and balloon valvuloplasty with 16mm Tyshak® balloon. A unique snare technique was performed and able to successfully facilitate crossing of valve system across aortic valve and allow deployment of 26mm Evolut R® valve without any complications.